Steam-valve.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' HENRY WILLARD WAITE, OF VOLLASTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM IrI. COX, OF WOLLASTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

STEAM-VALVE. t

sPEcrFIcATIoNforming part' of Letters Patent No. 706,613, aateanigust 12,

Application filed May 4:, 1901. Serial No. 58,797. (No model.)

.To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that LHENRY WILLARD WAITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wollaston, in the county of Norfolk and State of 5 Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Steam-Valve, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to valves, and more particularly to a globe-valve for 1o steam or water; and the object of this invention is to provide an eXceedingly-quick-acting valve and one which will dispense with the use of a stuffing-box to prevent the escape of steam or water. j l With these objects in viewthe invention consists, essentially, in 'providing the valve with a series of inclined-*faced radial projec-A tions andy in constructing the stem with similar and mating inclined portions; and the inzo vention consists also in constructing the valve with inclined shoulders adapted to engage a beveled seat in the valved bonnet, thereby forming a tight joint to prevent the escape of steam, the inclined portions of the valve z5 and stem riding one upon the other, serving to freely hold the shoulder on the stem against the seat when the valve is closed.

The invention consists also in' certain details of construction Vand novelties of combination, all of which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.`

In the drawings forming a part of this speci-- fication, Figure lis a sectional elevation showing the valve closed; Fig. 2, adetail sectional view of the valve and stein; Fig. 3, a sectional plan view on the line 3 3 of Fig. l, and Fig. 4 a detail view showing the position of the parts when the -valve is open.

In constructing a valve in accordance with 4o myinvention I employ the usual form of casing A, having inlet-opening B, outlet-opening C, and the centraldiaphragm D, having the valve opening and seat, all of whichv are of the usual construction. The casing is also formed with the threaded neck F, into which screws the bonnet G and through which passes the valve-stem H, having the handwheel I.

K indicates a nut which the threaded por- 5o tion K of the stern engages, and L indicates a jam-nut for holding the feed-nut K in its proper position. The valve M is adapted to work vertically without rotation, and in order to prevent such rotation I provide the guide-pins M', working in the grooves M2, cut 55 in the sides ofthe neck of the case. The valve Maleo has an' inverted frusto-conical portion M3, which seats or bears upon the valve-seat E whenV the Valve is closed, and this frusto-conical portion MS may be integral 6o with the valve M- orit may be in the form of a disk attached thereto by means of a screwpin N, said pin passing centrally up through the valve and into a central recess or socket O, produced inthe valve-stem. The upper face o f thevalve is provided with a series of projections I), the faces P' of which are inclined, while the faces P2 are straight. These `projections P areal-ranged in radial order, as

most clearlyh'shown in Fig.3, thereby virtu- 7o ally providinga ratchet-crown for the valve.

The lower end of the stem is enlarged so as to lit snugly Within the tubular portion of the bonnet and within which it freely moves rotatively, the said stein being rotated through the medium of the hand-wheel. The lower face of the enlarged-portion of the stem is notched or cut to provide a series of inclined depending projections Q, which correspond in general size, shape, and arrangement with the 8o projections P, so that the said 'sections will mate or fit together, as most clearly shown in Fig. 4L.

The shoulder between the enlarged portion of the stem properis inclined and ground true,l asmost clearly indicated at R, said inclined shoulder beingadapted to engage the seat R', ground upon the bonnet when the valve is opened or closed for the purpose of preventing the escape of steam, and thus do- 9o ing away with stuffing-boxes commonly elnployed in connection with globe-valves.

In operation the v'alve proper is arranged upon its seat andthe stemis fitted Within the case and arranged so that its depending projections mate with the upwardly-extending. projections carried by the valve. When the valve is closed, the stem is turned and the inclined projections of the stem are caused to ride upon the inclined projections of the roo valve, thereby forcing the valve tightly down upon its seat and also binding tho inclined shoulder R tightly against its seat R', and thereby preventingthe escape of steam or water.

VIn order to open the valve, the stem is turned to the left, the same as usual, and the valve proper will immediately move vertically a distance equal to the depth or height of the-inclined projections, as most clearly indicated in Fig. 4, thereby clearing the valve-seat and permitting the steam to pass through the diaphragm.

It will thus be seen that I provide an eX- tions carried by the valve, the upper end of said enlarged portion being essentially conical in form and adapted to engage the seat of the bonnet, and a central guide-pin carried by the Valve and projecting upwardly into the enlarged portion of the stem for the purpose described.

2. In a globe-valve, the combination with the casing, of a valve arranged therein and having radially-arranged incline-faced projections upon its upper side, said valve having acentral and sidegguide-pins, the stem enlarged at its lower end and having radially-arranged depending projections corresponding with the projections carried by the valve, the shoulder of the enlarged portion being inclined and adapted to engage the seat upon the bonnet for the purpose of making a tight joint when the valve is either opened or closed, substantially as shown and described.

HENRY WILLARD WAITE.

Witnesses:

Griso.v F. PINKHAM, ISABELLA S. PINKHAM. 

